Tie-plate and rail-anticreeper



A. OOLEY. TIE PLATE AND RAIL ANTICRIEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED 001129, 1920. 1,382,848. Patented June 28, 1921.

HH I I n w IH II IIII PATENT OFFICE.

ANDERSON OOLEY, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

TIE-PLATE AND RAIL -AN'TICREEPER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 28, 1921.

Application filed flctober 29, 1920. Serial No 420,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ANDERSON OoLnr, a :itizcn oi the United States, anda resident of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State ofColorado, have invented a new and useful Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper,oi which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for preventing rails of railways fromcutting into the ties, known as tie plates, and from movinglongitudinally under the spike heads, known as rail anti-creepers. therailways having heavy trzn'lic, especially one way trallie, the railsare pushed in the direction ot' the heavy traffic and are forced to slipunder the spike heads, which is known as creeping.

The object of my invention is the provision of a single device whichwill prevent the rail from cutting into the tie and from cree iing.

With this and other objects in view, I illi'lstratc ti o preferred formof my invention in the accompanying drawings, but I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise embodiment of theinvention, as herein disclosed, but wish it un derstood that variouschanges and adaptations of the device may be made *ithin the scope ofwhat hereinafter is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the device; Fig. 2, an end elevation of thedevice, looking in the direction oi the arrow in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, anand elevation of a railway rail mounted on a longitudinal section of thedevice and spiked to fragment of a tie, showing; the plate. 1 1- drivento the limit of its course in clamping the rail; the section being takenon the line A.) in Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the severalviews The reference numeral 1 denotes the primary plate provided withtwo aws 2 having teeth 3 thereon; a downwardly extending do are i and ahorizontally disposed flange 5 at Qhe rear thereof, supported by thetriangular brace G, forming; a bracket; two transverse ridges 7 and 8 onthe top thereof having recesses 9 and 10 on the inner edge thereofadapted to partly surround spike heads and keep them from bending; tourtriangular ribs 11 on the under side thereof adapted to out into a tieand prevent slipping longitudinally of the tie; spike holes 12 adaptedto receive spikes, the heads of which fit into the recesses 9 and 10 ofthe ridges 7 and 8; and a central rectangular hole 13 adapted to receivethe secondary plate 1a, the hole 13 being longer than the secondaryplate let to permit longitudinal movement therein. lhe secondary plate14 is provided with a jaw 15 having teeth 16 thereon; spike holes 17therein; a ridge 18, having recesses 15) and on the inner edgethereot;and triangular ribs 20 on the under side thereof. The material betweenthe curved portions of the ridges 7 and 8 is removed to facilitatestriking the plate 1.4 in applying it to the rail,

In use the secondary plate 14 is disposed within the hole 13 and the twoplates laid upon'a tie under the base of a railway rail and the flange4c brought snugly against the side of the tie 21; the primary plate 1 isstruck with a spike maul and the teeth 3 of the aws 2 are embedded inthe edge of the rail flange 22, and spikes are driven through the holes12 which hold the embedded teeth 3 firmly against the flange 22.

The teeth 16 of the jaw 15 are now embedded in the edge or the flange ofthe rail and spikes driven into the holes 17., which hold the teeth 16firmly against the rail flange. The triangular ridges 11 and 20 cut intothe tie and assist the spikes in holding the rails from spreading.

While l have shown my device adapted for ordinary spikes it may beadapted for use with screw spikes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A device of the class described compris ing a primary plate adaptedto be mounted on a railway tie, having suitably located spike holes anda main hole therein, and toothed jaws thereon; and a secondary platehaving suitably located siike holes the n l and a toothed. j aw thereon,slidably dis-- posed within said main hole in said primary plate; thetoothed jaws of each plate being adapted to be embedded in the edge offlange of a railway rail, for the purposes set forth.

2. A device of the class described comprising a horizontally disposedplate, adapted to be mounted on a railway tie, having a clownwardlyextending flange on one edge there of, suitably located spike holes anda centrally located rectangular hole therein, and toothed jaws thereonat one end thereof; and a second horizontally disposed plate slidablydisposed in said rectangular hole of said first named plate and havingsuitably located spike holes therein and a toothed jaw at one endthereof; the toothed jaws of each plate being adapted to be embedded inthe edge of a railway rail flange and held in position by spikes driventhrough said suitably located spike holes in said plates; for thepurposes set forth.

3. A device of the class described comprising a horizontally disposedplate, adapted to be spiked to a railway tie, having a downwardlyextending flange on one edge thereof, transverse triangular ribs on thebot-tom thereof, toothed jaws on the top thereof, suitably located spikeholes and a main hole therein; and a second horizontally disposed platewithin said main hole of said first named plate, having suitably locatedspike holes therein, transverse triangular ribs .011 the bottom and atoothed jaw on the top thereof; said toothed j aws being adapted to beembedded in the edges of the flanges of a railway rail; for the purposesset forth.

4. A device of the class described in con1- bination with a railwayrail; a primary plate adapted to be-spiked on airailway tie and havingtoothed jaws thereon adapted to be clamped against one edge of theflange of said rail and held in position by spikes driven through saidprimary plate on the opposite side of said flange from said toothed jawsand having a main hole therein for the reception of a secondary plate; asecondary plate disposed in said main hole of said primary plate adaptedto be spiked to a rail- Way tie and having a toothed jaw thereon,adapted to be clamped against the edge of the flange of said rail andheld in position by spikes driven through said secondary plate on theopposite side of said flange from said last named jaws; and a downwardlyextending flange on one edge of said primary plate adapted to fitagainst a tie and assist in keeping said primary plate from slippingEransversely of the tie; for the purposes set orth.

ANDERSON OOLEY.

